Bar owner charged with illegal alcohol sales

Best Damn Bar lost liquor license in Sept.

Published 1:24 PM EST Dec 11, 2012

MIAMITOWN, Ohio -

State authorities charged a Miamitown bar owner with serving alcohol after losing his liquor license.

Agents executed a search warrant Friday at the Best Damn Bar in the 7900 block of Harrison Avenue, which they said was continuing to operate as a bar despite the cancellation of its liquor license in September.

Ronald C. Wells, 76, was charged with illegal sales and keeper of the place.

"These locations are often the source of problems including drug use and other criminal activity," said Ohio Investigative Unit agent-in-charge Brent Devery. "While a majority of the business owners do follow the appropriate steps in obtaining and keeping their liquor permits, there are those businesses that unfortunately choose to operate unfairly."